Published in Respiration
For many decades, pediatric bronchoscopy has been an integral part of the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pulmonary diseases in children. Rapid technical advances have continuously influenced the performance of the procedure. Over the years, the application of pediatric bronchoscopy has considerably expanded to a broad range of indicat...
Published in Radiologia
Most of the patients who overcome the SARS-CoV-2 infection do not present complications and do not require a specific follow-up, but a significant proportion (especially those with moderate / severe clinical forms of the disease) require clinicalradiological follow-up. Although there are hardly any references or clinical guidelines regarding the lo...
Introduction: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common, preventable and treatable pathology. The prevalence is between 2.5-3.5% of the population in general and rises up to 19% in those over 65 years of age. Objective: to describe the clinical, functional and imaging characteristics of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Published in European journal of internal medicine
Published in Archivos de bronconeumologia
Well-coordinated multidisciplinary teams are essential for better tuberculosis (TB) control. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of Spanish Society of Pneumology (SEPAR) accreditation of TB Units (TBU) and to determine differences between the accredited and non-accredited centers. Observational descriptive study based on a self-administered su...
Published in Der Nervenarzt
HintergrundNeuromuskuläre Erkrankungen im Kindes‑, Jugend- und Erwachsenenalter sind seltene und sehr seltene Erkrankungen; bei vielen sind Prävalenz und Inzidenz nicht bekannt. Kausale Therapien kommen derzeit nur bei einzelnen Krankheitsentitäten zum Einsatz. Dennoch führen neue genetische Methoden, ein besseres Verständnis der Pathophysiologie u...
Published in Revue des maladies respiratoires
The aim of this systematic literature review was to grade the levels of evidence of the most widely used manual airway clearance techniques. A literature search was conducted over the period 1995-2014 from the Medline, PEDro, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, REEDOC and kinedoc databases, with the following keywords: "postural drainage", "manual vib...
It is presented the case of a male patient of 40 years, of rural origin, with a pathological history of bronchiectasis and a pleural effusion that cured spontaneously. The patient presented symptoms compatible with intestinal tuberculosis that began with a tumor in the right iliac fossa, fever and abdominal pain. The case was assessed in the Pneumo...
Published in Quality of Life Research
PurposePrior studies suggest that specialist care associates with improved health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asthmatic patients. However, there are limited studies focused on differences in HRQL among subspecialties. The aim of this study was to assess the differences in HRQL between adult asthmatic patients treated in pneumology or allergy ...
Published in Revue de pneumologie clinique
HIV infection always remains frequented in pneumology hospitalization in Abidjan with late discovery, source of complications and abnormally high death rate.
